BIG CRIMINAL TRIAL
18 BANDITS SENTENCED j TERRORISM IN FRANCE (Australian and N.Z. Cablo 'Association.) PARIS, Nov. 27. The biggest criminal trial for many years, lasting 25 days, ended after an all-night sitting of* the court, when a gang, known as the Polish bandits, were sentenced, two men to death, one to penal servitude for life, four to 10 years' imprisonment, seven /to fivo years, and three to four years, and one woman to eight years' seclusio/i. The criminals were Polish laborers who found work in the war devastatied area. During the past two years 1 they had terrorised north-eastern France, attacking and murdering I men on the roadsides, and thieving paltry' sums from their victims'; I pockets. The charges included 11 i murders and attempted murders, and I 68 woundings and assaults. I Twenty-five counsel were engaged for the defence. The jury had to answer 550 questions. * Thirty warders guarded the prisoners, who made frequent attempts to murderously attack one another in the dock. "
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16509, 29 November 1927, Page 7
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